Own Little World

Some people believe that everyone must live under strict religious rules in order to live a fulfilling life. Other people feel that it is better to build their own world and live life according to the rules that they set in place. The transcendentalism theory follows the state of mind stating that people should “transcend” strict religious and social conventions and instead trust their own intuition. In a certain sense, it means for a person to build their own world. This is a good philosophy by which to live life because in trusting ones intuition there is no one to blame if a poor decision is made by the person doing it, no one will be hurt when trust falls through because there was not an outside force being trusted in, and it makes life more productive if a person does it their own way.

Naturally, everyone has their own way of completing an assignment for school or work. When that assignment is a group project the task of completing it becomes more challenging because multiple people are all stating how the project should be done according to their standards. If people follow strict standard set by the world and those around them, then they would all have one way to do something and there would be no challenge or varying opinion. If each person follows their intuition, then there would be variation to tasks and each aspect would have its own color and uniqueness. By following intuition, it makes the world more unique and productive since not everyone would be completing the same thing.

To follow the rules of the world would mean that every person would have to trust that everyone else would do their part and not have a backup plan. This is a dangerous prospect especially if one or more of the people being counted on to complete something is not going to get it done. Human intuition usually gives a person that gut feeling if someone will not do something so living life based off of intuition would be safer; because, if a person were to get that gut feeling, they could make a secondary plan in case the first one does not work the way it was supposed to. When relying on everyone else to help get things done without listening to intuition first will also lead to someone being emotionally hurt thinking, “if they had only listened to their gut.” Intuition usually makes it very clear if something, or someone, is a good idea or not. By not following intuition and following religious or social rules, when something goes wrong the person often wishes that they had listened to their gut.

When following religious or social rules, there is always someone else to blame when things do not go as planned. As humans, people take much delight in blaming others for their misfortunes. However, people need to take responsibility for their actions and their mistakes which can only happen if they make the decision based purely on intuition. By choosing whether or not to do something based off of intuition, forces the person to accept their mistakes because they followed what they wanted to do and not what the “rules” told them to do. Making people responsible for their decisions would allow for them to make smarter decisions when choosing since they know they will only have themselves to blame if it does not work out.

The transcendentalism theory is a good philosophy by which to live life because it prevents many incorrect situations in the first place. In trusting ones intuition no one will be hurt when trust falls through because there was not an outside force being trusted in. It makes life more productive if a person does it their own way, and there is no one to blame if a poor decision is made by the person doing it. Transcendentalism is the theory that states people should “transcend” strict religious and social conventions and instead trust their own intuition and by following it people will make their lives more successful. Although some people believe that everyone must live under strict religious rules in order to live a fulfilling life, it is better to live on intuition.